Kinetic Drawing Machines
This lesson really excited me. Today we learned about kinetic drawing machines. We were shown different artists that construct drawing machines. Building these scribbling machines or 'doodle bots' as I have heard them called was so much fun! Being that art is my subject I loved how this project let us gave us more freedom with expression when styling and designing our doodle bots. |
This is the motor that we built. In order for it to work the black and the red wires both had to be touching the motor.
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Adding the resistance in the back was interesting. The size and material of the resistance changed the style of the movement of the machine. When I had a cardboard Resistance it was not substantial enough to really make my doodle bot move. When I changed the resistance to a heavy piece of a glue gun stick, the doodle bot was fast as anything and going in circles.
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I absolutely loved putting the doodle bot on the paper and watching it draw! The best part was watching my creation draw on the large sheet of paper with all the other doodle bots! Some bumped into each other and changed courses. one student used pastel at the drawing material instead of markers. This created a really beautiful smokey effect.
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